What do U2, Sinéad O'Connor & Shane MacGowan have in common? Besides being Irish, they've all praised the work of Damien Dempsey. With the recent UK & Irish release of Seize the Day, his second album, this Dublin-born artist reached Platinum status & gained many new fans with his brutally honest & very unique music - music that manages to combine both tradition & innovation. Seize the Day features contributions from Sinéad O'Connor & Brian Eno which only add to the unique musical mix, a mix which takes modern Irish folk & adds reggae rhythms & dub bass lines. Another noteworthy fan, Morrissey, put Damien on the bill of his recent Meltdown Festival in London. Seize the Day is also the first album release (apart from Morrissey) on Morrissey's Attack Records imprint.
1) Negative Vibes
2) Ghosts of Overdoses
3) It's All Good
4) Factories
5) Jar Song
6) Celtic Tiger
7) Apple of My Eye
8) Industrial School
9) Great Gaels of Ireland
10) Marching Season Seige
11) Seize the Day